Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Srinjoy Bose quit as MP as also from the party Thursday, a day after getting bail in a case related to the Saradha chit fund scam.
Bose, who spent 75 days in police and jail custody after his arrest by the CBI in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam, announced his decision to quit as an MP and also from the primary membership of Trinamool in a media release here.
"I would like to inform that with immediate effect, I have resigned from my membership of the Rajya Sabha. I have also decided to resign from the primary membership of the party - the Trinamool Congress," he said in the release.
Bose was granted bail by a district and sessions court Wednesday.
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